ARMANDO A.PIÑA

Department of Psychology

P.O. Box 871104

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104

POSITIONS

Arizona State UniversityAssociate Professor of Psychology

Fall 2005 – PresentSouthwest Borderlines Scholar

Barrett Honors College Faculty

2010 - presentExecutive Board Member, Prevention Research Center/REACH institute

2014 - presentDirector of Doctoral Training, Developmental, Arizona State niversity

2017 - presentFounder-Director, Graduate Certificate in Applied Prevention Science

2016-2021Associate Editor, Journal of Clinical Child and AdolescentPsychology

(APA Div. 53)

EDUCATION

2005Ph.D. in Psychology

Florida International University, Miami’s Public University

Research Emphases: Child development, Psychopathology, Mental health

2001M.S. in Applied Developmental Science and Mental Health

Florida International University, Miami’s Public University

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP

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PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS(Student names appear in italics)

  1. Hernández, M. M., Eisenberg, N., Valiente, C., Thompson, M. S., Spinrad, T. L., Grimm, K. J., VanSchyndel, S. K., Berger, R. H., Silva, K. M., Pina, A. A., Southworth, J., & Gal, D. E. (2017, December 21). Trajectories of the expression of negative emotion From kindergarten to first grade: Associations with academic outcomes. Journal of Educational Psychology.
  2. Stoll, R. D., Pina, A. A., Gary, K., Amresh, A. (2017). Usability of a Smartphone Application to Support the Prevention and Early Intervention of Anxiety in Youth, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
  3. Parker, J. H., Van Lenten, S. A., & Pina, A. A. (2017). Control Over Anxiety and Dispositional Coping Tendencies Are Associated With Presleep Arousal Among Children Referred for Anxiety Problems. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 15(4), 318-329.
  4. Murris, P., Simon, E., Lijpart, H., Bos, A., Hale, W., Schmeitz, K.; International Child and Adolescent Anxiety Assessment Expert Group. (2016). The Youth Anxiety Measure for DSM-5 (YAM-5): Development and first psychometric evidence of a new scale assessing anxiety disorders symptoms of children and adolescents. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 48, 1-17 DOI: 10.100/s10578-016-0648-1.
  5. Clementi, M.A., Alfano, C.A., Holly, L. E.,Pina, A.A.(2016).Sleep-related outcomes following early intervention for childhood anxiety. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 25, 3270-3277.
  6. Hernández, M. M., Eisenberg, N., Valienta, C., Spinrad, T. L., VanSchyndel, S.K., Diaz, A., . . . Pina, A. A. (2015). Observed emotion frequency versus intensity as predictors of socioemotional maladjustment. Emotion, 15, 699-704. Doi:
  7. Patwardhan, M., Stoll, R., Hamel, D. B., Amresh, A., Gary, K. A., & Pina, A. A. (2015). Designing a mobile application to support the indicated prevention and early intervention of childhood anxiety. InProceedings of theconference on Wireless Health(p. 8). ACM.
  8. Holly, L. E.Pina, A. A. (2015). Variations in the influence of parental socialization of child anxiety among clinic referred children. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 46, 474-484. doi:
  9. Holly, L. E.,Little, M., Pina, A. A., & Caterino, L.C. (2015). Assessment of anxiety symptoms in school children: A cross-sex and ethnic examination. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43, 297-309. doi:
  10. Pina, A.A., & Gonzales, N. A. (2014). The role of theory and culture in child and adolescent prevention science: Introduction to the special section. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 43(3), 397-399. doi:
  11. Pina, A. A.,Holly, L. E.,Zerr, A. A., & Rivera, D. E. (2014). A personalized and control systems engineering conceptual approach to target childhood anxiety in the contexts of cultural diversity. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 43(3), 442-453. doi:
  12. Zerr, A. A.,Pina, A. A. (2014). Predictors of initial engagement in child anxiety mental health specialty services. Child & Youth Care Forum, 43(2), 151-164. doi:
  13. Pina, A. A., Little, M., Wynne, H., & Beidel, D. C. (2014). Assessing social anxiety in African American youth using the social phobia and anxiety inventory for children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 42(2), 311-320. doi:
  14. Pina, A. A., Zerr, A. A.,Villalta, I. K., & Gonzales, N. A. (2012). Indicated prevention and early intervention for childhood anxiety: A randomized trial with caucasian and Hispanic/Latino youth. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80(5), 940-946. doi:
  15. Zerr, A. A.,Holly, L. E.,Pina, A. A. (2011). Cultural influences on social anxiety in african american, asian american, hispanic and latino, and native american adolescents and young adults. Social anxiety in adolescents and young adults: Translating developmental science into practice. (pp. 203-222) American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. doi:
  16. Alfano, C. A., Pina, A. A.,Zerr, A. A.,Villalta, I. K. (2010). Pre-sleep arousal and sleep problems of anxiety-disordered youth. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 41(2), 156-167. doi:
  17. Weems, C. F., & Pina, A. A. (2010). The assessment of emotion regulation: Improving construct validity in research on psychopathology in youth—An introduction to the special section. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 32(1), 1-7. doi:
  18. Sulik, M. J., Huerta, S., Zerr, A. A., Eisenberg, N., Spinrad, T. L., Valiente, C., . . . Taylor, H. B. (2010). The factor structure of effortful control and measurement invariance across ethnicity and sex in a high-risk sample. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 32(1), 8-22. doi:
  19. Costa, N. M., Weems, C. F., & Pina, A. A. (2009). Hurricane katrina and youth anxiety: The role of perceived attachment beliefs and parenting behaviors. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23(7), 935-941. doi:
  20. Alfano, C. A., Pina, A. A.,Villalta, I. K., Beidel, D. C., Ammerman, R. T., & Crosby, L. E. (2009). Mediators and moderators of outcome in the behavioral treatment of childhood social phobia. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 48(9), 945-953. doi:
  21. Carter, R., Jaccard, J., Silverman, W. K., & Pina, A. A. (2009). Pubertal timing and its link to behavioral and emotional problems among 'at-risk' african american adolescent girls. Journal of Adolescence, 32(3), 467-481. doi:
  22. Silverman, W. K., Kurtines, W. M., Jaccard, J., & Pina, A. A. (2009). Directionality of change in youth anxiety treatment involving parents: An initial examination. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77(3), 474-485. doi:
  23. Pina, A. A., & Eisenberg, N. (2009). Introduction to the special section: Prevention and remediation of emotional and academic problems in youth. Child Development Perspectives, 3(1), 1-3. doi:
  24. Pina, A. A.,Zerr, A. A., Gonzales, N. A., & Ortiz, C. D. (2009). Psychosocial interventions for school refusal behavior in children and adolescents. Child Development Perspectives, 3(1), 11-20. doi:
  25. Pina, A. A.,Villalta, I. K.,Zerr, A. A. (2009). Exposure-based cognitive behavioral treatment of anxiety in youth: An emerging culturally-prescriptive framework.Behavioral Psychology / Psicología Conductual: Revista Internacional Clínica y De La Salud, 17(1), 111-135. Retrieved from
  26. Pina, A. A., Little, M., Knight, G. P., & Silverman, W. K. (2009). Cross-ethnic measurement equivalence of the RCMAS in latino and white youth with anxiety disorders. Journal of Personality Assessment, 91(1), 58-61. doi:
  27. Pina, A. A.,Villalta, I. K., Ortiz, C. D., Gottschall, A. C., Costa, N. M., & Weems, C. F. (2008). Social support, discrimination, and coping as predictors of posttraumatic stress reactions in youth survivors of hurricane katrina. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37(3), 564-574. doi:
  28. Silverman, W. K., Pina, A. A., & Viswesvaran, C. (2008). Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for phobic and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37(1), 105-130. doi:
  29. Barrett, P. M., Farrell, L., Pina, A. A., Peris, T. S., & Piacentini, J. (2008). Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for child and adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37(1), 131-155. doi:
  30. Weems, C. F., Watts, S. E., Marsee, M. A., Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., Cannon, M. F., . . . Pina, A. A. (2007). The psychosocial impact of hurricane katrina: Contextual differences in psychological symptoms, social support, and discrimination. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45(10), 2295-2306. doi:
  31. Weems, C. F., Pina, A. A., Costa, N. M., Watts, S. E., Taylor, L. K., & Cannon, M. F. (2007). Predisaster trait anxiety and negative affect predict posttraumatic stress in youths after hurricane katrina. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(1), 154-159. doi:
  32. Pina, A. A., & Silverman, W. K. (2004). Clinical phenomenology, somatic symptoms, and distress in Hispanic/Latino and european american youths with anxiety disorders. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33(2), 227-236. doi:
  33. Weems, C. F., Silverman, W. K., Rapee, R. M., & Pina, A. A. (2003). The role of control in childhood anxiety disorders. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 27(5), 557-568. doi:
  34. Pina, A. A., Silverman, W. K., Fuentes, R. M., Kurtines, W. M., & Weems, C. F. (2003). Exposure-based cognitive-behavioral treatment for phobic and anxiety disorders: Treatment effects and maintenance for Hispanic/Latino relative to european-american youths. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 42(10), 1179-1187. doi:
  35. Yeganeh, R., Beidel, D. C., Turner, S. M., Pina, A. A., & Silverman, W. K. (2003). Clinical distinctions between selective mutism and social phobia: An investigation of childhood psychopathology. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 42(9), 1069-1075. doi:
  36. Pina, A. A., Silverman, W. K., Weems, C. F., Kurtines, W. M., & Goldman, M. L. (2003). A comparison of completers and noncompleters of exposure-based cognitive and behavioral treatment for phobic and anxiety disorders in youth. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71(4), 701-705. doi:
  37. Pina, A. A., Silverman, W. K., Alfano, C. A., & Saavedra, L. M. (2002). Diagnostic efficiency of symptoms in the diagnosis of DSM-IV: Generalized anxiety disorder in youth. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 43(7), 959-967. doi:
  38. Pina, A. A., Silverman, W. K., Saavedra, L. M., & Weems, C. F. (2001). An analysis of the RCMAS lie scale in a clinic sample of anxious children. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 15(5), 443-457. doi:
  39. Silverman, W. K., Saavedra, L. M., & Pina, A. A. (2001).Test-retest reliability of anxiety symptoms and diagnoses with anxiety disorders interview schedule for DSM-IV : Child and parent versions. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 40(8), 937-944. doi:
  40. Weems, C. F., Silverman, W. K., Saavedra, L. M., Pina, A. A., & Lumpkin, P. W. (1999). The discrimination of children's phobias using the revised fear survey schedule for children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40(6), 941-952. doi:

PROCEEDINGS(Student names appear in italics)

  1. Gary, K., Stoll, R., Rallabhandi, P., Patwardhan, M., Hamel, D., Amresh, A., ... & Quezado, Z. (2017, July). MHealth Games as Rewards: Incentive or Distraction? In Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Digital Health (pp. 209-210). ACM.
  2. Patwardhan, M., Stoll, R., Hamel, D. B., Amresh, A., Gary, K. A., & Pina, A. (2015, October). Designing a mobile application to support the indicated prevention and early intervention of childhood anxiety. In Proceedings of the conference on Wireless Health (p. 8). ACM.

BOOK CHAPTERS(Student names appear in italics)

  1. Holly, L.E., Stoll, R.D., Rapp, A. Pina, A.A., & Chavira, D. (in press). Evidence-based interventions for ethnic minority youth. In Ollendick, T. (Ed) Handbook of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press.
  2. Gonzales, N.A., Lau, A., Murry, V.M., Pina, A. A., Barrera, M.Jr. (2016). Culturally Adapted Preventive Interventions for Children and Youth. In D. Cicchetti (Ed.), Developmental Psychopathology, Third Edition. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons
  3. Holly, L. E., Chiapa, A.,Pina, A. A. (2014). Evidence-based treatments for mental, emotional, and behavioral problems in ethnic minority children and adolescents. Comprehensive evidence based interventions for children and adolescents. (pp. 43-54) John Wiley & Sons Inc, Hoboken, NJ. Retrieved from
  4. Pina, A. A., Gonzales, N. A., Holly, L. E.,Zerr, A. A.,Wynne, H. (2013). Toward evidence-based clinical assessment of ethnic minority youth. Diagnostic and behavioral assessment in children and adolescents: A clinical guide. (pp. 348-376) Guilford Press, New York, NY. Retrieved from
  5. Zerr, A. A.,Holly, L. E., Pina, A. A. (2011). Cultural Influences on Social Anxiety in African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latinos and Native American Indian Adolescents and Young Adults. In C. A. Alfano & B. C. Beidel’s Social Anxiety Disorder in Adolescents and Young Adults: Translating Developmental Science into Practice (pp. 203-222). American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
  6. Silverman, W. K., & Pina, A. A. (2008). Psychosocial treatments for phobic and anxiety disorders in youth Springer Science + Business Media, New York, NY. doi:

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

2007 to present Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

2007 to presentJournal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

2007 to presentBehavioral Psychology

2008 to present Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

2008 to presentChild and Youth Care Forum

2009 to presentJournal of Anxiety Disorders

GUEST EDITOR

2014 Special Section on The Role of Theory and Culture in Child and Adolescent Prevention Science. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

2010 Special Section on Assessment of emotion regulation for research on psychopathology in youth. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

2009 Special Section on Prevention and remediation of emotional and academic problems in youth.Child Development Perspectives: Society for Research in Child Development

FUNDED GRANTS ($4,269,994)

Training Faculty, Research Training in Drug Abuse/HIV Prevention: Closing the Research-Practice Gap; NIDA; Laurie Chassin (PI), 2015-2020; $1,300,096

Principal Investigator, School-based Prevention for Childhood Anxiety; NIMH; 2010 – 2016; $894,495

Co-investigator, The roles of emotion regulation and peer context in children’s achievement; NICHD; 2012-2017; Carlos Valiente and Nancy Eisenberg (PIs); 2012-2017; $2,101,339

Principal Investigator, Acercamiento: An Exposure-Based Treatment for Anxiety Disorders in Latino Youth; IMHR; 2005-2006; $25,000

Principal Investigator, Psychosocial Functioning of Youth and Parent Survivors of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans; ISSR; 2006; $50,000

Principal Investigator, Anxiety in Latino Youth Residing in the Southwest; NCMHD; 2005-2011; $70,000

Training Faculty, Research Training in Child Mental Health/Primary Prevention; NIMH; Laurie Chassin (PI), 2005-2010; $1,109,160

Dissertation Grant, State of Florida;Directionality of Change in Youth Anxiety Treatment Involving Parents: An Initial Examination; $20,000

PATENTS

TX 6-586-512; 6-7-2007

Acercamiento: An Exposure-Based Treatment for Childhood Phobias and Anxiety Disorders; Armando Pina and Nancy Gonzales (Inventors)

REACH for Success: A tier 2 or Indicated Anxiety Prevention Program; Armando Pina (Inventor)

Compass for Courage:A gamified, tier 2 or Indicated Anxiety Prevention Program; Armando Pina (co-inventor with Ryan Stoll)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Faculty of the Year, Arizona Psychological Association, 2011

Early Career Award, Outstanding Scientific Contributions and the Application of this Knowledge toward the Improved Mental and Physical Well-Being of People of Color, American Psychological Association, 2010

Research Award for Program Development; American Psychological Association, Minority Fellowship Program; 2006; $3,000

Training and Travel Award, Prevention of Childhood Anxiety: K01 Development; Child Intervention and Prevention Services; 2009; $1,500

Training and Travel Award, Prevention of Childhood Anxiety: K01 Development; Critical Issues in Latino Mental Health; 2009; $1,500

Training and Travel Award, Prevention of Childhood Anxiety: K01 Development; Latino Behavioral Health Institute; 2009; $1,200

Fellowship, Mental Health Research Training; American Psychological Association, Minority Fellowship Program; 2003-2005; $60,000

Training and Travel Award, Anxiety Disorders Association of America; 2004; $2,600

Florida International University, Excellence in Teaching Award; 2002

INVITED SYMPOSIA (selected works)

  1. Stoll, R.D., Pina, A.A., Gary, K., Johnson-Glenberg, M., Pincus, D., Beidel, D., & Pintello, D. (2017, November). Interdisciplinary perspectives on developing and deploying effective mobile and connected mental health intervention efforts for youth and families. Discussion Panel to be presented at the 2017 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Treatments conference, San Diego, CA.
  1. Stoll, R.D., & Pina, A.A. (2016, November). Anxiety and its related sequela in K-6 school settings: Challenges and solutions. Invited talk presented at the 2017 PAX Good Behavior Game Partner Training, Dayton, OH.
  1. Stoll, R.D & Pina, A.A. (2016, May). Using meta-analytic path analysis to identify mediators of youth anxiety and depression intervention effects. Poster presented as part of organized symposia (‘Modern Methods for Mediation Analysis in Prevention’) at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.
  1. Stoll, R., Pina, A.A., Gonzales, N., Gary, K.G., Amresh, A., & Patwardhan, M. (2016, March). Using mHealth technologies to improve child anxiety prevention efforts in real-world settings. Poster presented at the Institute for Social Science Research Graduate Poster session at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
  1. Patwardhan, M., Stoll, R., Hamel, D., Amresh, A., Gary, K., & Pina, A. A. (2015, October). Designing a mobile application to support the indicated and early intervention of childhood anxiety. Paper presented at the National Institutes of Health Wireless Health on Computing and Dissemination Conference, Bethesda, MD.
  1. Stoll, R., Amresh, A., Gary, K. A., Pina, A. A., & Patwardhan, M. (2015, May). Using mobile gaming to improve child anxiety prevention efforts in effectiveness settings. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington DC.
  1. Holly, L. E., Chiapa, A.,Pina, A. A. (2015, March). Differential influence of harsh parenting on child worry levels across Hispanic/Latino and Caucasian families. Paper presented as part of a symposium titled“Parental Contribution to Internalizing Problems among Hispanic/Latino Children and Adolescents” at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
  1. Chiapa, A., Holly, L. E., Humphrey, J.Pina, A. A. (2015, March). The Role of Cultural Values on the Relation Between Parental Depression and Child Anxiety in Mexican Origin and Caucasian Families. Paper presented as part of a symposium titled Parental Contribution to Internalizing Problems among Hispanic/Latino Children and Adolescentsat the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
  1. Parker, J. H. &Pina, A. A. (2016, March - April).Associations Among Sleep Onset Delay and Social Anxiety in Youth. Paper accepted and to be presented as part of a symposium titled Examining Sleep and Anxiety During Adolescence Using a Multi-Method Approach at the Society for Research in Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
  1. Van Lenten, S., Parker, J. H., Pina, A. A., & Doane, L. (2016, March - April).Examining Bidirectional Associations between Sleep and Daily Mood during Adolescence and Role of Anxiety Symptoms. Paper accepted and to be presented as part of a symposium titled Examining Sleep and Anxiety During Adolescence Using a Multi-Method Approach at the Society for Research in Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
  1. Humphrey, J. G., Kochenderfer-Ladd, B., & Pina, A. (2015, March). Differences in Internalizing among Children with Distinct Peer Victimization Trajectories across 3th and 4th Grade. Paper presented as part of a symposium titled Developmental and Peer influences on Children’s Internalizing Problems (2015, March) at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
  1. Zerr, A.A.,Pina, A.A., Bradley, R.H. (2013, April) A Longitudinal Examination of Anxiety Risk across Childhood and Adolescence. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA.
  1. Pina, A.A.,Holly, L.E.,Wynne, H.,Zerr, A.A., Stoll, R. (2012, May). A Social Network and Qualitative Data Approach to AssistTransportability of a Child Anxiety Prevention Program into Elementary School Settings. Presented atthe Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  1. Pina, A. A.(2011,March). Arizona Anxiety Resilience Building Project: Theory and Initial Findings. Meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Baltimore, MD.
  1. Pina, A. A. (2010, March). Prevention and Early Intervention for childhood anxiety among Latinoand Caucasian youth: An initial examination of moderation and mediation. Meeting ofthe Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Baltimore, MD.
  1. Pina, A. A. (2010, March).Hush child, let mommy sleep! Do sleep problems improve with CBT for childhood anxiety? Meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America,Baltimore, MD.
  1. Pina, A. A., (2009, August). Prevention of childhood anxiety in youth: A theory-based intervention model. Meeting of the Latino Behavioral Health Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
  1. Pina, A. A., (2009, July). Prevention of childhood anxiety in youth: Theory and interventionpossibilities. Meeting of the Child Intervention and Prevention Services Workgroup,San Diego, CA.
  1. Pina, A. A., Villalta, I. K., & Zerr, A. A. (2009, March). Exposure-based cognitive behaviouraltreatmentfor anxiety disorders: Findings from an open trial with Mexican-origin youth.Meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM.
  1. Pina, A. A., Zerr, A. A.,Villalta, I. K. (2008, March). An open trial of a culturally-adaptedexposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders in Mexican-originyouth. Meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Miami, FL.
  1. Pina, A. A., Silverman, W. K., & Alvarez, C. (2006, March). Somatic symptoms and distress inLatino youths with anxiety disorders. Meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Miami, FL.
  1. Silverman, W. K. & Pina, A. A, (2005, August). Parent-child dyadic therapy for phobic and anxiouschildren. Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
  1. Pina, A. A, (2005, August). Treating anxiety and phobic disorders in Latino and EuropeanAmerican youths. Meeting of theAmerican Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
  1. Pina, A. A. (2004, August). Treating anxiety disorders in Latino/a youths. Meeting of theAmerican Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
  1. Silverman, W. K., Berman, S. L., Weems, C. F., Saavedra, L. M., & Pina, A. A. (2000, November). Enhancing the efficacy of cognitive behavioral treatment of children with anxiety disorders: The role of parents. Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.
  1. Pina, A. A., Silverman, W. K., & the Child Anxiety and Phobia Program. (2004, March). Dyadic cognitive and behavioural treatment for phobic and anxiety disorders in youths.Meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of American, Miami, FL.
  1. Pina, A. A., Silverman, W. K., & the Child Anxiety and Phobia Program. (2004, August). Cognitive and behavioural treatment for phobic and anxiety disorders in Hispanic/Latino youths. Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
  1. Silverman, W. K., Saavedra, L. M., Pina, A. A, Lopez, B., & Franco, X. (2001, August). Using structured interviews for diagnosing anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: Considerations with Hispanic youth. In M. Cooley-Quille (Chair), The assessment of anxiety disorders in minority youth. Symposium conducted at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

ABSTRACTS AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS (selected works)